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Funding opportunities to benefit teachers
Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation is pleased to invite ONLINE applications for grants and scholarships from the John Russell Applegate Fund for Teachers.
Training and Support Grants
Approximately $100,000 is available for Training and Support Grants this year.
Apply ONLINE for Grants at MidNebraskaFoundation.org
Grant applications will be considered for training or support for K-12 teachers at elementary and secondary schools located in Nebraska counties of Custer, Dawson, Frontier, Hayes, Hooker, Keith, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Perkins and Thomas.
- Training Grants between $500 and $10,000 each will be awarded for training and/or instructional coaching benefiting several teachers in any of the following ways:
- Training for teachers in research-based or proven practices to teach language arts, mathematics and/or science.
- Training for teachers in classroom behavior management strategies.
- Training for teachers in learning styles and differentiated instructional strategies.
Support Grants between $500 and $5,000 each will be awarded to help acquire resources wanted by K-12 teachers at elementary and secondary schools to provide innovative and effective learning experiences for students. Grants for general-purpose computers will not be awarded. Grants for only a limited number of other specific types of devices in any school building will be awarded.
Each application for a Training and Support Grant must be initiated or endorsed by a K-12 teacher and approved by an authorized official of grant-seeking organization.
Apply ONLINE for Grants at MidNebraskaFoundation.org
Training and Support Grants will be awarded at three different times during the school year. Deadlines for applications are October 15, January 15, and April 15.
Education Scholarships
Around 12 scholarships up to $3,000 each will be awarded next spring.
- Applicants for Applegate Scholarships must be either:
(a) current education major at college junior or senior level pursuing a Baccalaureate Degree in Education, or
(b) current teacher or someone pursuing transitional teaching certification who is pursuing additional postsecondary education leading to an endorsement or a Master’s Degree in Education beneficial in K-12 education.
- Applicants must be residents of the Nebraska counties of Custer, Dawson, Frontier, Hayes, Hooker, Keith, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Perkins or Thomas.
Apply ONLINE for Scholarships at MidNebraskaFoundation.org
Applications open January 1, 2023 with a deadline of February 28, 2023.
About the benefactor
The Fund perpetuates the legacy of John Russell Applegate (1944-2003), who lived most of his life around Sutherland, Nebraska in Lincoln County. John was the son of Harvey and Geraldine Applegate. The Applegate family was well known in the cattle ranching industry and John was very much at home on horseback.
John served honorably in the U.S. Army in Vietnam. At his death, John left a generous bequest to Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation establishing an endowment fund. Each year a portion of the fund is spent on education, training, and support of teachers.
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Grant applications will be considered for training or support for K-12 teachers at elementary and secondary schools located in Nebraska counties of Custer, Dawson, Frontier, Hayes, Hooker, Keith, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Perkins and Thomas.
Training Grants between $500 and $10,000 each will be awarded for training and/or instructional coaching benefiting several teachers in any of the following ways:
Training for teachers in research-based or proven practices to teach language arts, mathematics and/or science...
Donations, sponsored cash prizes and earned matching funds raised $423,138 for 68 local nonprofits during North Platte Giving Day campaign.
Most donors gave online. Checks also were counted in the total if received at one of the five giving sites or if mailed by Giving Day May 4. Donations came from 17 states spanning from New York City to Honolulu, Hawaii.
